HYDERABAD: Launching a scathing attack against Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his family members, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said while there is debt of Rs 60,000-odd on every citizen in Telangana, the income of KT Rama Rao, son of CM KCR has increased by 400 per cent.

Addressing a massive public meeting at Kosgi in Kodangal Assembly constituency, Rahul said: “KCR and his four-member family have snatched the future of 4 crore people of Telangana. KCR redesigned every project started by the Congress only to fill up the pockets of himself, his family, relatives and contractors. KCR gave the entire benefit of new State of Telangana to his family, friends and contractors,” he said.

He spoke in Telugu the three words “Neellu, Nidhulu and Niyamakalu” (water, funds and jobs) on which the Telangana statehood agitation was fought and said the dream of the 4 crore people of Telangana that they would get their share of water, funds and jobs was shattered by KCR.

Every youth, farmer, women and all sections of society know that KCR has cheated them. “When the new State was carved out, there was no debt on you. It was a Rs 17,000 crore revenue surplus State. But KCR has plunged Telangana into a debt trap of over Rs 2 lakh crore. There is more than Rs 2 lakh debt on every family and Rs 60,000 debt on every citizen where as the income of KCR’s son has increased by 400 per cent,” Rahul Gandhi said.

Stating that KCR took away Rs 40,000 crore of Telangana people by redesigning and changing the name of Pranahitha-Chevella project to Kaleshwaram resulting in increasing its cost from Rs 50,000 crore to Rs 90,000 crore, the Congress president said KCR also took away the money of Telangana people in Mission Kakatiya and Mission Bhagiratha projects. “KCR made money by just painting the old over head water tanks under the name of Mission Bhagiratha,” he said.

KCR cheated the youth by not filling up 1 lakh vacancies in government sector, did not help women self help groups. “But KCR gave jobs to four members of his family. Women are the backbone of Telangana but KCR neglected them too,” he said.

Rahul Gandhi promised that Congress will give back the money TRS looted to the people of Telangana. “The Congress will give back the money to the people of Telangana in the form of Rs 2 lakh crop loan waiver, Rs 1 lakh grant each of the 6 lakh women SHG groups,fill up one lakh vacancies, Rs 5 lakh free treatment under Arogyasri, Rs 5 lakh to construct houses, set up 30-bed hospital in every mandal, distribute land to the poor, Rs 3,000 unemployment allowance to jobless youth to name a few,” Rahul Gandhi said.

Seeking to assure that Congress-led alliance is going to form the government and that the Congress wave is all set to oust KCR and family from power, Rahul Gandhi said the alliance-government‘s chief minister will work continuously to fill up one lakh jobs and fulfill all the promises being made by the party in its manifesto.

“The power which is being enjoyed by only one family of KCR, will be delegated and distributed to panchayats and people of the State would be involved in governance,” Rahul Gandhi said.

“The Congress-led alliance People’s Front will fulfill the dreams and aspirations of the people of Telangana, which KCR-led TRS failed to deliver. Every alliance partner will get representation in every department of governance,” he said.

Rahul Gandhi exuded confidence that the Congress-led alliance would first defeat KCR-led TRS in Telangana and subsequently Narendra Modi-led BJP at the national level in 2019. Download The Times of India for Latest .